Asian Law Center

2008-09 Asian Law Center Research Fellows

Frank Feulner (1/1/09-12/31/09) is currently a Parliamentary Adviser with the U.N. Development Program in Jakarta, Indonesia. He holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of London and a Diploma (Master) in Economics and Southeast Asian Area Studies from the University of Passau, Germany. Dr. Feulner has been serving as a consultant and project manager in the development field in Indonesia for close to a decade now, including positions with the World Bank Institute, the German Technical Cooperation program, the Research Triangle Institute, and the National Democratic Institute. During his visit to the Law School, Dr. Feulner will conduct a collaborative research on political reform in Indonesia.

Jau-Yuan Hwang (9/22/08-3/21/09) is a professor at National Taiwan University College of Law, where he also received his LL.B. and LL.M. degrees.  Dr. Hwang also holds LL.M. and S.J.D. degrees from Harvard Law School. He is a well accomplished scholar in the area of international and comparative constitutional law. Professor Hwang will visit the UW Law School as part of our institutional partnership with National Taiwan University College of Law to research comparative constitutionalism in East Asia, international human rights in East Asian countries, and equal protection.

Gyung –Young Jung (8/22/08-7/22/09) is a Professor `of law at Sungkyunkwan University School of Law, Seoul, Korea, specializing in commercial law including corporations, insurance law, negotiable instruments, and financial law. He holds a B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in law from Seoul National University. A well accomplished scholar, Professor Jung sits on several journal editorial boards, is the VP for Korea Payment & Settlement Association, is the Commissioner of the Ministry of Justice Electronic Negotiable Instrument Dispute Settlement Council and is a member of the Ministry of Justice Legislative Committee for Special Act of Commercial Law. During his visit, Professor Jung will examine the U.S. financial law and electronic payment transaction law.

Yuka Kaneko (3/15/09-3/14/2010) is a Professor at the Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies of Kobe University, specializing in law and development and in legal and judicial reform in Asia. She holds an LL.B. from Tokyo University, an LL.M. from Georgetown University Law Center, and an LL.D. from Kyushu University. A well accomplished scholar, Professor Kaneko has also served on numerous legal assistance projects. She will visit the UW Law School as part of our institutional partnership with Kobe University. She will examine judicial reform assistances in Asia by USAID, the World Bank and the JICA.

Takeaki Kasahara (9/1/09-8/31/10; hosted by Prof. Taylor) is a professor of law at Kyushu University, Japan, specializing in corporate and commercial law. Dr. Kasahara holds LL.B., LL.M., and LL.D. degrees from the University of Tokyo. Already a prolific scholar on corporate and commercial law in Japan, he plans to examine those areas from a U.S. perspective.

Yongil Kim (8/20/08-8/19/09) is a researcher with the School of Business Administration and Part-Time Lecturer at SungKyunKwan University, Seoul, Korea, as well as Soongsil University, Seoul, Korea.  He holds a B.A. in Foreign Trade from Kangwon National University, Korea, as well as Master and Ph.D. degrees in Foreign Trade (IBT) from SungKyunKwan University. Dr. Kim will expand his research of IBT and contracts.

KiHan Lee (9/1/08-2/28/09) is a professors and former Dean of Dankook University College of Law, Korea, where he has been on the faculty since 1995. He holds an LL.B. from Chonnam National University, LL.M degrees from both Kyunghee University and from Indiana University Law Schools, and an S.J.D. from the University of Wisconsin School of Law. A well accomplished professor and scholar, Dr. Lee also held visiting appointments at Harvard Law School, Columbia University Law School, Sheffield University Law School, UK, and Indiana University Law School. He will visit the Law School as a Fulbright Scholar to expand his research of conservation and environmental policies in the U.S. and Korea.

Hua Shao (2/10/09-1/9/10) is a professor of law at Central South University, Hunan Province, PRC, where she has also earned her LL.B. Dr. Shao also holds an LL.M from Xiangtan University and a Ph.D. from Wuhan University, PRC. She is interested in dispute resolution institutions as well as law and sociology, and will research class action and ADR in the U.S.

Nagaaki Tsukahara (1/1/2009-8/31/2009) is an attorney-at-law practicing in Osaka, Japan. He holds an LL.B. from Doshisha University and an LL.M. from Kyoto University, Japan. Mr. Tsukahara previously served as the Japan International Cooperation Agency legal expert in Hanoi, Vietnam, and lectures on Japanese law in Vietnam. Mr. Tsukahara will collaborate with Professor Taylor on a research project regarding legal assistance in Southeast Asia.

Feiyue Wang (2/10/09-1/9/10) is a professor of law at Central South University, Hunan Province, PRC. Dr. Wang holds an LL.B. from Xiangtan University and an LL.M and Ph.D. from Peking University, where he specialized in criminal law. He has previously served as a judge in the Criminal Tribunal of the Changsha Intermediate People’s Court. He will conduct a comparative research study of sentencing guidelines in the U.S. and in China.